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benefit_n receive_v which_o high_o please_v the_o almighty_a and_o be_v lovely_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o man_n which_o be_v not_o only_o enjoy_v but_o hold_v fast_o and_o enforce_v by_o all_o the_o nobility_n gentry_n and_o rich_a sort_n of_o man_n in_o england_n when_o it_o happen_v to_o be_v deny_v as_o the_o service_n and_o custom_n of_o all_o their_o tenant_n to_o grind_v their_o corn_n at_o their_o lord_n mill_n or_o bake_v their_o bread_n at_o his_o common_a oven_n in_o some_o borough_n or_o market_n town_n the_o relief_n in_o tenor_n by_o knight_n service_n or_o chivalry_n fix_v and_o appropriate_a unto_o those_o feud_n and_o tenor_n and_o pay_v at_o the_o death_n of_o every_o tenant_n die_v seize_v be_v at_o the_o first_o never_o condescend_v unto_o by_o the_o tenant_n by_o any_o paction_n or_o stipulation_n betwixt_o they_o and_o their_o lord_n but_o although_o there_o be_v ancient_o and_o original_o betwixt_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o tenant_n 7._o mutua_fw-la fides_fw-la tuendae_fw-la salutis_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la utriusque_fw-la say_v bodin_n a_o mutual_a obligation_n betwixt_o the_o tenant_n and_o the_o lord_n to_o defend_v one_o another_o estate_n and_o dignity_n or_o as_o craig_n say_v pactionibus_fw-la interpositis_fw-la de_fw-la mutua_fw-la tutela_n upon_o certain_a agreement_n to_o defend_v one_o another_o be_v late_o notwithstanding_o receive_v and_o take_v by_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n as_o a_o gratitude_n and_o in_o that_o and_o no_o other_o respect_n be_v by_o the_o tenant_n willing_o pay_v unto_o they_o the_o relief_n pay_v by_o the_o heir_n of_o freeholder_n in_o socage_n after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o ancestor_n which_o be_v not_o pay_v by_o tenant_n for_o year_n by_o a_o rack_n rent_n do_v appear_v to_o have_v no_o other_o commencement_n but_o in_o signum_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la &_o gratitudinis_fw-la a_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n for_o benefit_n receive_v or_o those_o duty_n &_o payment_n which_o many_o lord_n and_o 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they_o retain_v of_o seize_v their_o tenant_n copyhold_n land_n as_o forfeit_v whether_o the_o fine_n be_v certain_a or_o incertain_a if_o they_o sue_v replevin_n against_o they_o distrain_v for_o their_o rent_n or_o service_n and_o have_v no_o other_o parent_n or_o original_a until_o custom_n have_v settle_v it_o then_o the_o tenant_n grateful_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o his_o ancestor_n former_a kindess_n and_o benefit_n bestow_v upon_o they_o or_o their_o progenitor_n and_o the_o socage_n land_n and_o freeholder_n may_v be_v tally_v or_o have_v a_o tax_v lay_v upon_o they_o by_o their_o lord_n at_o their_o will_n and_o pleasure_n as_o their_o necessity_n or_o occasion_n require_v as_o well_o before_o as_o after_o the_o statute_n de_fw-fr tallagio_n non_fw-la concedendo_fw-la make_v betwixt_o the_o year_n 25_o &_o 34_o ed._n 1._o and_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o not_o a_o charter_n can_v bind_v only_o the_o king_n as_o to_o his_o 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demean_v land_n be_v not_o free_a from_o tallage_n which_o will_v be_v evident_a enough_o by_o a_o presentment_n of_o a_o jury_n of_o nottinghamshire_n before_o the_o justice_n in_o eyre_n in_o anno_fw-la 8_o e._n 1._o or_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o when_o the_o king_n letter_n patent_n of_o a_o grant_n of_o the_o town_n of_o retford_n to_o the_o burgess_n thereof_o and_o their_o heir_n in_o fee_n farm_n be_v find_v and_o mention_v in_o these_o word_n viz._n scacarâ—i_fw-la edwardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la nos_fw-la concessisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n burgensibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la de_fw-la retford_n quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la haeredes_fw-la de_fw-la cetero_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la ad_fw-la feodi_fw-la firmam_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la villam_fw-la nostram_fw-la de_fw-la retford_n cum_fw-la pertnen_fw-la reddendo_fw-la inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la proprias_fw-la decem_fw-la libras_fw-la per_fw-la annum_fw-la ad_fw-la scaccarium_n nostrum_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la serviciis_fw-la etc._n etc._n salvo_n inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la tallagio_n nostro_fw-la cum_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la nostris_fw-la dominica_n nostra_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la fecimus_fw-la talliari_fw-la etc._n etc._n reserve_v to_o himself_o and_o his_o heir_n a_o fee_n farm_n rend_v of_o ten_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o the_o power_n of_o tax_n or_o tallage_n or_o improve_n what_o he_o have_v grant_v unto_o they_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o make_v a_o tax_n or_o tallage_n upon_o all_o his_o demesne_n land_n in_o england_n and_o until_o rent_n be_v rack_v of_o which_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o the_o officer_n of_o their_o revenue_n in_o land_n be_v seldom_o or_o never_o yet_o much_o guilty_a &_o that_o rent_n be_v improve_v as_o high_a as_o the_o profit_n of_o land_n all_o the_o land_n of_o england_n except_o the_o copyhold_n &_o customary_a land_n by_o fine_n certain_a &_o the_o courtesy_n of_o time_n and_o their_o landlord_n suffer_v their_o good_a will_n and_o charity_n to_o be_v reduce_v into_o thankless_a custom_n escape_v it_o be_v liable_a to_o be_v make_v contributaries_n to_o many_o of_o the_o necessity_n or_o occasion_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o manor_n who_o former_o do_v not_o make_v lease_n and_o take_v fine_n to_o lessen_v the_o rent_n as_o they_o do_v now_o by_o a_o high_a rate_n or_o rule_v of_o interest_n and_o disadvantage_n procure_v their_o rent_n to_o be_v advance_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o fine_a before_o hand_n nor_o if_o the_o land_n be_v hold_v in_o capite_fw-la by_o knight_n service_n until_o time_n and_o their_o prince_n favour_n have_v disuse_v it_o can_v make_v a_o lease_n unto_o any_o tenant_n of_o such_o land_n but_o by_o licence_n and_o then_o also_o for_o no_o long_o a_o term_n then_o 3._o or_o 7._o year_n and_o their_o land_n and_o rent_n except_o capite_fw-la and_o knight-service_n and_o copyhold_n land_n and_o land_n in_o frank_n almoigne_z be_v capable_a of_o no_o high_a rent_n or_o improvement_n can_v now_o be_v any_o more_o by_o they_o tally_v which_o in_o effect_n be_v but_o a_o call_n for_o more_o rent_n or_o raise_v it_o which_o every_o landlord_n may_v do_v where_o his_o tenant_n be_v at_o will_n or_o when_o their_o lease_n be_v expire_v when_o they_o be_v now_o all_o but_o those_o land_n before_o except_v as_o to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o mesne_fw-la lord_n and_o the_o land_n of_o the_o freeholder_n and_o cop_z holder_n at_o the_o utmost_a or_o a_o very_a high_a rent_n and_o such_o tallage_n be_v at_o this_o day_n not_o lay_v aside_o by_o our_o neighbour_n of_o france_n 1661._o in_o very_a many_o place_n be_v les_fw-fr tailles_fw-fr se_fw-fr paient_fw-fr par_fw-fr ceuz_fw-fr du_fw-fr tiers_n estate_n c'est_fw-mi a_o dire_fw-fr par_fw-fr les_fw-fr habitans_fw-la
at_o westminster_n 3._o command_a in_o the_o 28_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hugh_n gifford_n and_o william_n le_fw-fr brun_n that_o upon_o friday_n next_o after_o the_o epiphany_n they_o shall_v cause_v to_o be_v feed_v in_o the_o hall_n at_o windsor_n ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la focum_fw-la omnes_fw-la pueros_fw-la paupâ—res_fw-la &_o egenâ—s_fw-la quot_fw-la invenâ—re_fw-la pâ—terint_fw-la it_o a_o quòd_fw-la aula_fw-la impleatur_fw-la si_fw-la tot_fw-la inveniantur_fw-la at_o a_o good_a fire_n all_o the_o poor_a boy_n and_o needdy_a so_o that_o the_o hall_n may_v be_v fill_v if_o so_o many_o may_v be_v find_v 15._o also_o in_o the_o 32_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n command_v william_n de_fw-fr haverhull_n and_o edward_n of_o westminster_n quod_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la a_o die_v natalis_n domini_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la circumcisionis_fw-la computatis_fw-la illis_fw-la duabus_fw-la diebus_fw-la impleri_fw-la faciant_fw-la magnam_fw-la aulam_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la pasci_fw-la that_o every_o day_n from_o christmas_n to_o newyears-tide_n reckon_v and_o include_v those_o two_o day_n they_o shall_v fill_v the_o great_a hall_n of_o westminster_n with_o poor_a and_o feed_v they_o and_o in_o the_o same_o year_n command_v the_o say_a william_n de_fw-fr haverhull_n his_o treasurer_n and_o edward_n fitz_n odo_n to_o feed_v upon_o the_o day_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n pauperes_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la aula_n westmonasterium_fw-la sicut_fw-la fieri_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la 17._o &_o ipsis_fw-la monathis_fw-la pittantiam_fw-la eadem_fw-la die_fw-la sicut_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la habere_fw-la faciant_fw-la the_o poor_a as_o they_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v in_o the_o great_a hall_n of_o westminster_n and_o to_o give_v the_o monk_n their_o accustom_a pittance_n or_o exceed_n which_o will_v have_v cost_v more_o than_o a_o little_a if_o price_n and_o plenty_n of_o provision_n for_o food_n and_o victual_n have_v not_o better_o 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videlicet_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la centum_fw-la solidos_fw-la in_o veniendo_fw-la ad_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n svas_fw-la redeundo_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o his_o expense_n for_o five_o week_n that_o be_v to_o say_v five_o pound_n for_o every_o day_n in_o his_o come_n at_o the_o king_n command_n to_o westminster_n to_o do_v he_o homage_n and_o return_v from_o thence_o at_o who_o great_a feast_n and_o coronation_n the_o say_a alexander_n king_n of_o scotland_n come_v as_o a_o old_a manuscript_n cite_v by_o mr._n weaver_n mention_v to_o do_v he_o servyse_v and_o worschip_n 456._o and_o whahne_a king_n edward_n be_v coronyd_v &_o annyontyd_v as_o right_n heir_n of_o engâ—lond_n with_o moche_n honour_n &_o worsschyp_n aftur_fw-la mass_n the_o king_n go_v to_o his_o paleys_fw-la for_o to_z hold_v a_o ryall_n fesâ—e_n among_o they_o that_o he_o have_v do_v servyse_n and_o worsschyp_n and_o 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